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Factbox-Which Countries Have Blocked WhatsApp?
Countries including Russia and Uganda have restricted WhatsApp calls citing security concerns and political reasons, with bans and throttling affecting millions of users, experts say.
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Here are the countries restricting access to WhatsApp
Russia on Wednesday became the latest country to restrict some WhatsApp calls, accusing the Meta-owned platform of failing to share information in fraud and terrorism cases. Here is a list of nations restricting WhatsApp: FULLY BLOCKED China started blocking WhatsApp in 2017, using its so-called Great Firewall to filter and block traffic with overseas servers. Chinese users rely on an alternative called WeChat. WhatsApp is generally inaccessible…
Factbox-Which countries have blocked WhatsApp?
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday became the latest country to restrict some WhatsApp calls, accusing the Meta-owned platform of failing to share information in fraud and terrorism cases.Here is a list of nations restricting WhatsApp:FULLY BLOCKEDChina started blocking WhatsApp in 2017, using its so-called Great Firewall to filter and block traffic with overseas servers. Chinese users rely on an alternative called WeChat.
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